Labour has previously admitted that Rayner, responsible for the levelling-up brief, doesn’t “regularly” work from the MHCLG Darlington or Wolverhampton campuses. Turns out it’s not at all…
Kevin Hollinrake asked the government for details on how many days MHCLG ministers had spent working at departmental offices outside of London. Answer came there none…
The government insists that “MHCLG Ministers work closely with local leaders across the country” but admits it has no “central record” of ministers working outside of London. A weak excuse seeing as Cabinet Office guidance mandates ministerial diaries are centrally kept and other departments report their attendance with accuracy. Rayner and her ministers are keeping their distance from the provinces…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”